Friday, 24 April 2015

Welcome to episode one of my CAL for my Road Play Mat, and this week I am going to be showing you how to make the long grass square and the straight road square. In total we will be making 20 squares, of which there will be 8 designs, to make a 4 x 5 square blanket/play mat. You can of course make up more duplicates of the 8 designs or even invent your own to make this play mat into an even bigger project, as this CAL is completely modular!

So for this episode you will need the following materials;

DK / Light Worsted weight yarn in Green

DK / Light Worsted weight yarn in Grey

DK / Light Worsted weight yarn in White

You can of course use Aran / Worsted weight yarn if you prefer. We are working to a 10cm x 10cm (4" x 4") square, but as long as all your squares are the same size for you so you can join them together at the end, then that is fine, using aran / worsted yarn will just make them slightly bigger.

3.5 mm E/4 crochet hook (or any hook size that is suitable for the yarn you are using)

Yarn needle

Scissors

For future episodes of this CAL you will need the following materials;

Row 8
Ch1, TURN, 1hdc in 1st st, 1hdc in next st but join W when finishing this hdc (when pulling thru all 3 loops - this will now be referred to 'end of st'), 1hdc in next 5 sts, 1hdc in next st but join Gr end of st, 1hdc in next st, 1hdc in next st but join W end of st, 1hdc in next 5 sts, 1hdc in next st but join Gr end of st, 1hdc in last 2 sts - (18)

Alternatively you can chain 19 and work 1hdc in your 3rd st from hook and in ea st along, counting your last 2 chs as a hdc - (18)Row 2
Ch1, TURN, 1hdc loop stitch in 1st st and in ea st along - (18 loop sts)

I highly recommend watching my video tutorial below on how to do the hdc loop stitch if you are new to it.

Row 3
Ch1, TURN, 1hdc in 1st st and in ea st along - (18)

Rows 4 - 15
Repeat rows 2 and 3

Fasten off and tie in all tails.

You will need 3 long grass squares for this CAL. Alternatively if you struggle with the loop stitch you can just create 3 plain hdc green squares by working 15 rows of hdc, 18 sts long.

Straight Road & Long Grass Square Video Tutorial

I hope you will join me on this fun CAL!

This CAL will run on YouTube and here on my blog (I've decided both as I think you guys would like both? wink emoticon ). Links will also be given on my Facebook page and via Twitter/Google+ etc when available each week. (^-^)

Wednesday, 22 April 2015

I really did feel it was high time that I planned a Crochet-a-Long with you guys, but I wanted to make it fun and something for the little ones to enjoy as well. So here is my idea for my forthcoming CAL, a Road Play Mat or Blanket, which will be full of different textures and features, including roads, grass, farmer's fields, flowers, veg patches and ponds, which will be made up of 10cm x 10cm (4" x 4") squares, which we will join together at the end.

This CAL will be running for approximately 5 weeks, starting on the 24th April (every Friday), and will contain 8 square patterns to make a 4 squares x 5 squares play mat (made up from multiples of the 8 patterns), but of course you can make it bigger or smaller as this project is completely modular!

This Friday I will be starting with two different squares, a straight road square and a long grass square, but here is the full list of materials that you will need for the whole CAL.

Materials Required

Yarn
The listed yarn colours below need to all be DK / Light Worsted weight yarn, but you can use Aran / Worsted weight yarns if you prefer. We are working to 10cm x 10cm squares (4" x 4") but size really doesn't matter as long as the squares are all the same size for you so we can join them together at the end.

Grey

White

Green

Yellow

Brown

Blue

Extra bright colours for smaller parts; pink, orange, purple

Hook
You will need a 3.5mm E/4 crochet hook or a hook size suitable for the yarn you are using.

Extras

Scissors

Yarn needle

A minimal amount of toy stuffing, or yarn scraps for stuffing (you won't need very much at all).

This CAL will run on YouTube and here on my blog (I've decided both as I think you guys would like both? wink emoticon ). Links will also be given on my Facebook page and via Twitter/Google+ etc when available each week. (^-^)

The Designer

I am a mummy to a little girl and I love baking, travelling and crocheting, sometimes all at the same time! I am often found immersed under yarn or off on my travels. I crochet with passion, with designs to hopefully catch your imagination and never let go.

All my patterns are in US terminology.

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